REV. THOMAS BIZZELL

PRINCETON -- Rev. Thomas E. "Tom Ed" Bizzell, age 85, died peacefully at his home on Sunday afternoon.

He was born May 21, 1919, to the late Rev. Tom and Azzie Ado Worley Bizzell, and was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Lois Rachel Rogers Bizzell and a daughter, Ruth Bizzell. Born in Johnston County, he was a farmer and a Pentecostal Holiness minister for 43 years. He pastored churches at Black Creek, Caraleigh, Selma, Bailey, Micro, Manley Grove, Clayton and Jones Grove before retiring in 1985. He married Lois Rachel Rogers on September 28, 1940. She was a loving wife and mother and played a huge part in his ministry, staying beside him for each and every church he pastored and during his evangelizing, singing the Gospel!

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Bizzell Grove Pentecostal Holiness Church with the Rev. Dwight Dunning, the Rev. Chris Thompson, Pentecostal Holiness Superintendent for NC and the Rev. Jimmy Whitfield, Pentecostal Holiness Assistant Superintendent for NC. Burial will follow in the Bizzell Family Cemetery near the home.